Barclay’s Center is the venue as the 2020 NBA regular season will starts on Tuesday night (1am on Wednesday in Nigeria) with a matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets.
The clash would be Kevin Durant first competitive game since his injury in the 2019 NBA finals between his then former employers Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors.
It is certainly his first game for The Brooklyn Nets whom he joined last season.
The Brooklyn Nets who would have full and healthy squad with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan and a host of others to call on would be hoping for a big win against the Golden State Warriors.
Steve Nash tutored side is believed by many to be the team to beat in the Eastern Conference should Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving stay healthy.
The Nets finished last year two games below .500 and were eliminated by the Raptors in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Last year results would have no impact on the team especially after the Brooklyn Nets 113-89 win against Boston Celtics in their last pre-season game.
In the game on the road, both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving combined for 42 points on 16-for-31 from the field.
The Golden State Warriors bid to bounce back from a terrible 2019/20 season has not been helped with injury to their super star shooting guard Klay Thompson.
And could be without their star forward Draymond Green who missed all of their pre-season games through injury.
After a terrible season where The Golden State Warriors lost 50 games and finished last in the Western Conference.
They will be looking for a great start but unfortunately they face a strong Brooklyn Nets.
The Golden State Warriors secured a 113-105 road win against Sacramento Kings in their last pre-season game with Steph Curry scoring 29 points on 9-for-23 shooting and grabbed six rebounds.
The second game of the opening day would see Los Angeles rivals go head to head in the game that was anticipated for last season as the Western Conference Final.
LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers who are the reigning champions would go up against Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers.
After coming off a league-tying 17th championship, the Lakers didn’t rest on their laurels in the offseason.
The team reloaded with talent to surround LeBron and Anthony Davis and got younger in the process. They traded for Dennis Schroder, signed Wes Matthews and Marc Gasol and stole reigning Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell from the Clippers.
After a season in which the Lakers were billed as a team with minimal depth, now they have it in excess and are favoured to win another title.
The Clippers are looking to make amend for their disaster 2020 postseason, and Paul George will surely be itching to prove to everyone that he can still be an MVP-caliber player despite a tumultuous postseason appearance last year.
Clippers who lost key player Harrell to rivals Lakers got Serge Ibaka and signed a new coach in Tyronn Lue.
Both games would give fans who love betting on Basketball a lot to look out for.
